Cynic Quotes

"I can relate to Susan. She thinks in terms of practicality. There are certain areas where we`re very similar and certain areas where we`re not. I feel very defensive of her. If anyone accuses Susan of being an outright cynic, I`ll say, `No, she`s not. There`s a perfectly logical explanation for it all. Don`t talk about her like that!`" (on her character, Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia)

I am not a cynic.

I`m an old cynic.

You know where (the pride) comes from? It`s not so much from the industry ... but the 9-year-old kid who looks at you like a cross between Superman and Santa Claus. And you`d have to be a really, really hardened cynic not to be moved by that. Not only that, but just doing the interviews for this animation series, I can`t tell you how many people have said, `I got into the business because of that movie.` ... I totally understand that because I remember walking out of Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and saying, `I don`t know how they got those skeletons to fight, but someday I want that to be my job. To make skeletons fight.`

I`m a hopeful cynic.

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

An idealist believes the short run doesn`t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn`t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.